sinking 관용구

sinking feeling

"feeling of failure; despair" When I saw the ambulance at our house, I got a sinking feeling.

desert a sinking ship

Idiom(s): desert a sinking ship AND leave a sinking ship

Theme: ABANDONMENT

to leave a place, a person, or a situation when things become difficult or unpleasant. (Rats are said to be the first to leave a ship that is sinking.)
• I hate to be the one to desert a sinking ship, but I can't stand it around here anymore.
• There goes Tom. Wouldn't you know he'd leave a sinking ship rather than stay around and try to help?

leave a sinking ship

Like a rat deserting a sinking ship

If people leave a company because they know that it's about to have serious problems, or turn their back on a person about to be in a similar situation, they are said to be like rats deserting a sinking ship.

sinking feeling, a

sinking feeling, a
A sense of dread or apprehension, as in I had a sinking feeling that I'd forgotten my ticket. This expression employs sink in the sense of “become depressed,” a usage dating from the early 1600s.

More Idioms/Phrases

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English Vocalbulary

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